Abakan (river)

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The Abakan (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Ağban), (from the Khakas word for "bear's blood") is a river in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.<ref =abakan>Template:Cite web</ref> It is a left tributary of the Yenisey. The river is used for log driving and irrigation. The city of Abakan is located at the confluence of the Abakan and the Yenisey.

Course

It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bolshoy Abakan and Maly Abakan. It rises in the western Sayan Mountains and flows northeast through the Minusinsk Depression to the Yenisey. It is about Template:Convert long from the Bolshoy Abakan's source, and Template:Convert for the Abakan proper. Its drainage basin covers Template:Convert.<ref name=gvr>Template:GVR</ref>

Basin of the Yenisey

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